Regional newspapers – Sports Journalists’ Association

December 13, 2019January 13, 2020

Oxford Mail sports editor Mark Edwards leaves after 21 years

Award-winning sports editor Mark Edwards leaves the Oxford Mail today after almost 21 years. Only last month an Edwards-led special project won the su…

April 17, 2019April 25, 2019

Derby Telegraph columnist Rippon axed after 20 years

LONG-serving SJA member and award-winning newspaper columnist Anton Rippon has been dropped by the paper for which he has written for the past 20 year…

January 26, 2017January 27, 2017

John Wray, for 50 years a Leeds reporter, has died

Brian Clough famously spent just 44 days as Leeds manager. Sports journalist John Wray was covering the team's progress for 50 years…

January 20, 2017February 1, 2017

Trinity Mirror regional cuts signal move to web

The introduction of regional print production teams will see the axing of 78 jobs, though 44 jobs are to be created, many of them for the company's we…

January 16, 2017January 24, 2017

Sex sells – but can clickbait save local papers?

Turmoil at the top of the editorial staff of a leading regional newspaper has prompted its erstwhile editor to call for a campaign to save local journ…

January 4, 2017January 13, 2017

Section 40 could stop investigative journalism, says Sunday Times

In-depth reports such as its investigation into Tour de France drugs cheat Lance Armstrong would never have been published if legislation proposed by …

December 8, 2016December 9, 2016

Footballer looks to a future in the press box

ANTON RIPPON on how a footballer is working hard off the pitch for a possible new job in print …

November 25, 2016November 30, 2016

Football club asks: Is the weekly paper redundant?

VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: And another football club decides it will ban reporters from its games and press conferences. ANTON RIPPON suggests that this …

September 29, 2016September 28, 2016

Sports stars pay tribute to Gibson’s half-century

Malcolm Macdonald, Peter Beardsley, Sir John Hall, Jack Charlton, Glenn McCrory, Steve Harper and Joe Allon were among the guests of honour at the eve…

September 26, 2016November 2, 2016

Coventry bans paper after calls for owners to sell

ANTON RIPPON reports on the latest threat against a local newpaper's coverage of a football club…